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November 12th, 2012
Written by Michael Graczyk - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
HOUSTON (AP) — Four top leaders of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood of Texas are among nearly three dozen alleged gang members charged in a sweeping indictment unsealed Friday that accuses them of crimes ranging from capital murder to drug trafficking.
Few details were released about the alleged crimes, but 10 defendants are facing charges that carry a death penalty. As examples of the...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Bill Kaczor - Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 2 Comments
Florida education officials say they will not appeal a federal court ruling that bars state colleges and universities from charging higher out-of-state tuition rates to Florida residents who are US citizens but dependent on illegal immigrant parents.
The State Board of Education unanimously voted against an appeal on Tuesday at a meeting in Boca Raton.
On another racial and ethnic issue, board...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday's presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset.
Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of the age, ethnic, and racial diversity he brought out in 2008. But across the country, voters affirmed changes in social policy that show a...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Pauline Arrillaga - AP National Writer in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) - Baine's Books sits in the heart of this historic village, a Main Street institution where townspeople gather for coffee and conversation and, every Thursday after sundown, an open mic night that draws performers from near and far with guitars and banjos in hand, bluegrass, and blues on their lips.
Talk of church and school, and most certainly music, almost always takes...
November 10th, 2012
Written by Rebecca Santana - Associated Press in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - They came after dusk and chanted into the night sky "Kill the Hindus, kill the children of the Hindus," as they smashed religious icons, ripped golden bangles off women's arms and flashed pistols. It wasn't the first time that the Hindu temple on the outskirts of Pakistan's largest city was attacked, and residents here fear it will not be the last.
"People don't consider...
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